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Meaning
Prep
●
Expressing
distance
or motion.
From (of
distance
,
direction
), "off".
●
Since, from (a given time,
earlier
state etc.).
●
From,
away
from (a
position
, number,
distance
etc.).
●
Expressing separation.
Indicating
removal
,
absence
or
separation
, with the
action
indicated
by a
transitive verb
and
the quality
or
substance
by a
grammatical
object.
Indicating
removal
,
absence
or
separation
, with
resulting
state
indicated
by an adjective.
Indicating
removal
,
absence
or
separation
,
construed
with an
intransitive
verb.
●
Expressing origin.
Indicating an
ancestral
source
or
origin
of descent.
Introducing an
epithet
that
indicates
a
birthplace
,
residence
,
dominion
, or other place associated with the individual.
Indicating a (non-physical)
source
of
action
or
emotion
;
introducing
a cause,
instigation
; from,
out of
, as an
expression
of.
Indicates the
source
or cause of the verb.
Indicates the
subject
or cause of the adjective.
●
Expressing agency.
Indicates the
agent
(for most
verbs
, now usually
expressed
with by).
Used to
introduce
the "subjective
genitive
";
following
a
noun
to form the
head
of a
postmodifying
noun phrase
(
see also
'Possession'
senses
below).
Used to
indicate
the
agent
of something
described
by the adjective.
●
Expressing
composition
, substance.
Used to
indicate
the
material
or
substance
used.
Used to
indicate
the
material
of the just-mentioned object.
Indicating the
composition
of a given
collective
or
quantitative
noun.
Used to
link
a given
class
of things with a specific
example
of that
class
.
Links two
nouns
in near-apposition, with the first
qualifying
the second; "which is also".
●
Introducing
subject
matter.
Links an
intransitive verb
, or a
transitive verb
and its
subject
(especially
verbs
to do with
thinking
,
feeling
,
expressing
etc.), with its
subject-matter
;
concerning
, with
regard
to.
(following a
noun
(now
chiefly
nouns
of knowledge, communication etc.)) Introduces its
subject matter
; about, concerning.;Introduces its
subject matter
; about, concerning.
Introduces its
subject
matter.
●
Having
partitive
effect.
Introduces the whole for which is
indicated
only the
specified
part or
segment
; "from among".
Indicates a given part.
Some, an amount of, one of.
Links to a
genitive
noun
or
possessive pronoun
, with
partitive
effect (though now often
merged
with
possessive
senses
, below).
●
Expressing possession.
Belonging to,
existing
in, or
taking place
in a given
location
, place or time. Compare "origin"
senses
, above.
Belonging to (a place) through having
title
,
ownership
or control over it.
Belonging to (someone
or something
) as something they
possess
or have as a
characteristic
; the "possessive
genitive
". (With
abstract nouns
, this
intersects
with the
subjective
genitive
, above under "agency" senses.)
●
Forming the "objective genitive".
Follows an
agent noun
,
verbal noun
or
noun
of action.
●
Expressing
qualities
or characteristics.
Links an
adjective
with a
noun
or
noun phrase
to form a quasi-adverbial
qualifier
;
in respect
to, as regards.
Indicates a quality or
characteristic
; "characterized by".
Indicates
quantity
,
age
, price, etc.
●
In American English:
Expressing
qualities
or characteristics.
Used to
link
singular
indefinite
nouns
(preceded by the
indefinite article
) and
attributive adjectives
modified
by certain common
adverbs
of degree.
●
In Regional English:
Expressing a point in time.
During the
course
of (a set
period of time
, day of the week etc.), now
specifically
with
implied
repetition
or regularity.
●
In British English & :
Expressing a point in time.
For (a given
length
of time).
●
Expressing a point in time.
Indicates
duration
of a state,
activity
etc.
●
In American English:
Expressing a point in time.
Before (the
hour
); to (the
hour
).
Before (the
hour
); to (the
hour
).;Often used without the
hour
Before (the
hour
); to (the
hour
).;Often used without the hour
Verb
●
Eye
dialect
spelling
of have or ’ve,
chiefly
in
depictions
of
colloquial
speech.
Symbol
●
Abbreviation of off, often
Noun
●
In Baseball:
Abbreviation of outfield.
●
In Baseball:
Abbreviation of outfielder.
Name
●
Initialism of Old French.
●
Initialism of Old Frisian.
●
Abbreviation of OnlyFans.
●
Initialism of Ordinary Form.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
of
English
of
Middle English (1100-1500)
of
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
O
O'
A
East
-'S
Jural
Out Of
Related
With
From
Including
Through
Between
About
Over
Among
Into
Without
Toward
Within
Despite
Under
Besides
After
Towards
Behind
Unlike
Via
Upon
And
Than
Across
Around
Like
Point
Alongside
Inside
Along With
Rather Than
Such As
Apart From
To The
On The
For All
As For
What About
Together With
As Well As
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Rhymes
Of
Luv
Sov
Wuv
Gov
Bruv
Dove
Love
Dove
Shove
Above
Glove
Belove
Hereof
Thereof
Whereof
Dataglove
Mazel Tov
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